Word: tree
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lounging, in gaudy, relaxing clothes, in lawn chairs under the palms with the President at their center, the "Palm Tree Cabinet" debated the best ways to press for next year's stiff Fair Deal agenda. There seemed to be plenty of time for kittenish lightheartedness in the soft warmth of the Florida Keys. One day, for example, Congressional Liaison Man Joseph Feeney was roused from a nap in the sun by a dash of cold water. Above him, grinning broadly, stood the President of the U.S., holding two empty water tumblers...
...seemed fairly satisfied with their lot. But the city's young Mayor David McDonald, an earnest, 34-year-old atomic chemist, missed the leavening of free enterprise. It was little things that set him thinking. Once he tried to stop some youngsters who were robbing his backyard peach tree, and got a sassy, truthful reply: "Our teacher says that everything in Richland belongs to the Government." A neighbor came home from work one evening to find his carefully nurtured flower bed torn up; that was where the Master Plan decreed that a Government tree should grow. After five months...
...000th copy of the famous Grable-in-a-bathing-suit photo. "People all want to know how I manage to keep them the way they are. I don't have a good answer ... I am just in luck that I happen to stem from the proper genealogical tree. I owe it all to Grannie...
...probably won't rake up a Ford Convertible or 1000 shares of AT&T to decorate the Christmas tree, but can hardly go wrong if you present long-playing records--especially "I Can Hear It Now," which heads the list of what to give to parents, followed by an LP record player. Then again, there are few men who can face a bottle of Scotch without a twinge of Christmas spirit. Another good idea is a silver flask to accompany the above...
...thing of beauty. It is even a sort of cultural achievement. Why, I donated several of my sarongs to museums who said they wanted them to add to the cultural level of their community." Virginia Mayo agreed: "We admire beautiful sculpture or the sight of a splendid tree. I think a striking presentation of the body hurts...